Category: Website Management

Blogger is decent for some good ol’ free blog hosting, but there might be a time you may consider switching to something better where you have more control. If you choose to switch to WordPress, this guide should help with moving blogger to wordpress. How To Move From Blogger To Self-Hosted WordPress Steps to transfer … Continue reading “How To Move From Blogger To Self-Hosted WordPress”

What are Control Panels and why would you want one? A control panel is a graphical way to make changes to the system without needing to dig through the SSH and code to make changes. This can usually make it easier for less technically inclined users to control their servers. It also easily allows you … Continue reading “Good Control Panels for VPS or Dedicated Server”

This tutorial will show you how to install a text editor on your server. You may be asking why one is necessary and why there isn’t one already installed. There may actually be one installed with your VPS… depending upon the particular version of the operating system you’re using. Some versions of CentOS, for example, … Continue reading “How To Install a Text Editor on a VPS or Dedicated Server”

For those who don’t know, SSH stands for Secure Socket Host. It’s typically the predominant method of how users interact with their virtual private server. It’s how users issue commands, install or remove programs, update versions; and edit files. SSH is entirely text based (so don’t expect to be clicking icons like Windows may have … Continue reading “Choosing The Best SSH Client For You”

MySQLDumper is a useful tool for backing up your databases and is the preferred method over PHPMyAdmin. Unfortunately, there is no option (or perhaps I overlooked it) to delete backups you have generated. This results in higher disk space usage in your server. This guide shows you how to delete backed-up databases you no longer … Continue reading “How To Delete MySQLDumper Database Backups”

If you’ve been considering a Virtual Private Server (VPS from now on) and have finally got one then this guide may be of use. Those considering a VPS may also find this guide useful too. Here are a few good tips for people who are either first time VPS users or are looking to become … Continue reading “Quick Tips For First Time VPS Users”

This guide explains how to set up 301 redirects using the htaccess file on an Apache server. Setting up 301 redirects can also be achieved through domain registras (domain redirects) and server control panels (cPanel, Plesk, etc). This guide explains the following points in order (scroll down to view each) : What is the purpose … Continue reading “How To Set Up 301 Redirects using htaccess File”